The rate is higher than business, i.e. the 8th International Congress of Family Businesses in Poznań
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The International Family Business Congress was held in Poznań on September 27-28, 2021. The main topic of this year's meeting organized by the Family Business Institute (IBR) was The rate is greater than business. Responsible decisions of business families. The agenda of the Congress was focused around the mechanisms of corporate governance, so at the center are family governance, the constitution of a family business, a family foundation and its alternatives, a supervisory board, and a family council, as well as everything that helps to professionalize the business and family.
The IBR, acting for the professionalization of business families, in addition to education and consultancy, organizes substantive debates aimed at exchanging best practices.
"We are in a period of accelerated succession processes, and this requires ordering also in the area of corporate governance. Therefore, the subject of this year's meeting is based on the mechanisms of supervision and Family Governance. Thinking about the company's life over the next generations, you have to ask yourself a few difficult questions and look for good answers to them. Good for the Company and for the Family. And this is where the succession conversation begins," Dr. Adrianna Lewandowska, IBR president, said.
During the ceremonial panel of winners, prizes were awarded in the Family Company of the Year competition – a creator of business and social responsibility.
“We are looking for companies that implement a strategy that takes into account the good of their environment, as well as exhibit interesting original projects for employees, customers, society or the natural environment. Appreciating family businesses that have been running a business for years based on values and social commitment, we decided to distinguish them by giving them the title of the Family Company of the Year,” Dr. Adrianna Lewandowska explained.
The official recognition of the most socially sensitive family business for 2019 was awarded to Werner Kenkel. In caring for local societies, the Werner Kenkel Family Company assumes that even the smallest gesture can make a great change in a person's life. The beginning of such thinking was initiated by Werner Kenkel – the founder of the company.
The statuette in the Family Business of the Year 2020 category was awarded to the Mokate Group. The Mokate Group has been present in the life of both the local community and residents of other regions of Poland for many years. The award was received by President Adam Mokrysz.
On the second day of the Congress, there was also a ceremonial signing of documents approving the cooperation of the Family Business Institute with the Humanitas University in Sosnowiec and inaugurating the creation of a new avant-garde MBA course, dedicated exclusively to managers in family businesses.
(WBJ)
